hang back (v.)

• avoid
• balance
• blench
• blink
• boggle
• cringe
• dawdle
• debate
• deliberate
• demur
• dodge
• drag
• duck
• evade
• fade
• falter
• fear
• filibuster
• flinch
• hang
• hesitate
• hover
• jib
• lag
• linger
• loiter
• pause
• ponder
• procrastinate
• quail
• recoil
• retreat
• scruple
• shrink
• shy
• sidestep
• stall
• stickle
• straggle
• strain
• swerve
• temporize
• trail
• waver
• wince
• withdraw
• yield